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Gege Akutami (Japanese: 芥見下々, Hepburn: Akutami Gege, born February 26, 1992) is a Japanese manga artist known for his work Jujutsu Kaisen.
Gege Akutami | |
|---|---|
芥見下々 | |
| Pronunciation | あくたみ げげ |
| Born | February 26, 1992 Iwate Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Notable work | Jujutsu Kaisen |
Gege Akutami was born in Iwate Prefecture on February 26, 1992.[1] Akutami moved to Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture in fifth grade. Akutami began drawing manga by mimicking a friend, which inspired them to become a professional manga artist.[2][3] Akutami has named Tite Kubo as an influence in his work after reading Bleach in fourth grade, in addition to Hunter × Hunter and Neon Genesis Evangelion among other works.[2] In 2014, Gege Akutami started working as an assistant to Yasuhiro Kanō in Kiss x Death.[4]
he published his first work the same year, titled "Kamishiro Sōsa" (神代捜査), a one-shot chapter published in Shueisha's Jump NEXT! vol. 2 on May 7, 2014.[5][6] his next work was No.9, with a one-shot chapter published in Jump NEXT! vol. 2 on May 1, 2015,[7] and another one-shot in the 46th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on October 10, 2015.[8] Akutami would publish the one-shot "Nikai Bongai Barabarjura" (二界梵骸バラバルジュラ) in the 2016 44th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released on October 3, 2016. This one-shot was nominated for the 11th "Gold Future Cup" contest of the magazine.[9][10]
In 2017, Akutami published Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School (東京都立呪術高等専門学校, Tōkyō Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō), a 4-chapter series that ran in Jump GIGA from April 28 to July 28, 2017.[11][12] This series later served as a prologue to his next work, Jujutsu Kaisen, being retroactively titled as Jujutsu Kaisen 0.[13] Akutami began the publication of Jujutsu Kaisen in the 2018 14th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released on March 5, 2018.[14] The series ended in the 44th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on September 30, 2024.[15]
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- Kamishiro Sousa (神代捜査) (2014) — one-shot published in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump Next!.[16]
- No.9 (2015) — one-shot published in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump Next!.[17]
- No.9 (2015) — one-shot published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.[18]
- Nikai Bongai Barabarujura (二界梵骸バラバルジュラ) (2016) — one-shot published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.[19]
- Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School (東京都立呪術高等専門学校, Tōkyō Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō) (2017) — serialized in Shueisha's Jump GIGA.[11][12]
- Jujutsu Kaisen (呪術廻戦) (2018–2024) — serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.[14][20]
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In 2016, Akutami's one-shot Nikai Bongai Barabarujura was nominated for Weekly Shōnen Jump's 11th Gold Future Cup contest.[21] In 2019, his manga Jujutsu Kaisen was nominated for the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category.[22] Akutami is the 2020 grand prize winner for Jujutsu Kaisen on Mando Kobayashi, Kendo Kobayashi's monthly manga variety show where winners are selected on his personal taste.[23] In 2021, Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen was listed as a nominee for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.[24]
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